Improvement in names



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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.l

JAMES THORNTON, OF WELLSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH HIS RIGHT TO PRATT & LETOHVVORTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,428, dated August 25, 1874; application iiled April 3, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES THORNTON, of Wellsville, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented an Improvement inHames, of which the following is a specification:

. My improvementsrelate more especially toV the method of constructing the upper or tip portion of haines.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is side elevation; Fig. 2, a cross-section in line a m, Fig. l; Fig. 3, an edge View with a portion of the metallic strap broken away g Fig. 4, a cross-section, showing a different form of back-strap.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.

I am aware that the upper ends of haines have heretofore been provided with a cast tip or socket, and have also been incased by means of the back-strap on one side and a cast portion inclosin g the other three sides of the upper portion of the haine.

As represented in the drawing, A is the upper end of the main wooden portion of the hame, and B is a separate wooden-tip portion made ,in-the shape ofthe ordinary bent upper end of the hame,' as commonly constructed. O O are two plates of sheet metal formed to t the inner and outer sides of the upper portionof the hame, and provided With flanges c c overlapping the edges ofthe wooden tip B and upper end of the main wooden portion A. The adjacent flanges c of the two side straps O may be made to overlap each other, so as to both be held by the same tacks or nails d driven into the wood, or the flanges may be made of less width, so as not to overlap, both of which methods are shown in Fig. 2. E is the back 'strap of the hame, which I make of sufficient length to bend over the top of the hame, and

extend downward along the inner edge of the hame, so as to inclose the flanges c c of the side plates and retain the tacks dvfrom workwhereby the side plates and wooden tip B are iirmly secured in place.

By using a back strap of the peculiar form shown in Fig. 4, such as is secured by Letters Patent No. 147,507, granted to Josiah Letchworth, the edges of the flanges c of the side straps may be turned slightly outward, so as to be secured in place by the edges of the backstrap, as clearly represented in Fig. 4. The side straps O may be formed with a raised bead,c, at either side, so as to be ush, or nearly so, with the face of the back-strap, when the latter is secured in place, as shown in Fig. 2.

As the wooden tip B is employed to fdl up the space inside of the metal, to stiifen the same, to prevent the compression thereof, and to receive the tacks which fasten the iianges of the side plates, it can 'be `readily formed out of soft wood without bending, the metal lic covering thereof imparting the requisite strength to this portion of the hanne.

By means of my improvement the upper ends of Vhannes can be made strong, light, and of any desired curvature, at a triing expense, thereby dispensing with the necessity of bending the upper end of the main wooden portion of the hame, whereby considerable material is saved, and the labor of bending the same.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, With the main wooden portion A of a hame, of the wooden tip B, side plates O, and back-strap E overlapping both edges of the upper part of the hame, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination, with the wooden portion of a haine and back-strap, of the side plates O, provided with anges c secured by tacks d, which are held from working loose by the back-strap, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

JAMES THORNTON.

Witnesses:

J. J. BoNNER, ERNST HoDDIoK. 

